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New York Times:
Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to hire Emmet T. Flood, the veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment, to replace Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer who has taken the lead in dealing …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Lawyer Likely to Cut Him Off From Mueller Interview: Source … President Donald Trump's legal team became significantly more cohesive on Wednesday with the addition of Emmet Flood, a veteran white collar defense attorney.  It also became more aggressive, which could prove tricky for Special Counsel Bob Mueller.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Exclusive: Giuliani says decision on Trump-Mueller interview ‘several weeks away’  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told The Hill on Wednesday that President Trump  —  's legal team was still “several weeks away” from determining whether the president would consent to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller
Discussion: NY State of Politics and Mediaite
Washington Post:
White House lawyer Ty Cobb is exiting and will be replaced by Clinton impeachment attorney Emmet Flood
Renato Mariotti / New York Times:
Mueller's Questions Point to What Trouble Trump Is In
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoots and an Uneasy Night Out  —  When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected …
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump threatens to use presidential powers on DOJ  —  President Trump in a Wednesday tweet called out the Justice Department for refusing to hand over un-redacted documents related to the Hillary Clinton email probe to Congress.  —  The big picture: The Justice Department has become …
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Alex Ward / Vox:
Trump just ominously threatened the Justice Department  —  “At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!”  Trump tweeted.  —  President Donald Trump just issued a direct and ominous threat to the Justice Department.  —  “What are they afraid of?
New York Times:
Trump Assails Justice Dept., Siding With House Conservatives in Dispute
Song Jung-a / Financial Times:
North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit  —  North Korea has released the three Americans detained in the country's labour camps in a display of goodwill ahead of the looming summit between its Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, campaigners say.
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:   Hold the irrational exuberance on North Korea. Kim is already winning.
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds?
Bonnie Kristian / The Week:
Will John Bolton sabotage peace in Korea?
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Wall Street Journal:
Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy  —  Company had lost multiple clients in recent months  —  Cambridge Analytica , a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, is shutting down following the disclosure of its misuse of Facebook data.
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Cambridge Analytica and Scl Elections Commence Insolvency Proceedings and Release Results of Independent Investigation into Recent Allegations  —  Earlier today, SCL Elections Ltd., as well as certain of its and Cambridge Analytica LLC's U.K. affiliates (collectively, the “Company” or …
NBC News:
Cambridge Analytica to close down after Facebook data scandal
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Guardian
The Guardian:   Cambridge Analytica closing after Facebook data harvesting scandal
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation  —  KIEV, Ukraine — In the United States, Paul J. Manafort is facing prosecution on charges of money laundering and financial fraud stemming from his decade of work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Did Trump Bribe Ukraine to Stop Cooperating With Mueller?  —  Donald Trump's habitual dishonesty is a trait well understood by the entire mainstream news media, and even many members of the conservative media.  But it is not fully understood.  Trump manages to lie in ways that hardened cynics never anticipated.
Daily Mail:
‘God damn you to hell!’:  Former Trump campaign consultant explodes at Democratic Senate aides after he loses his house to legal fees in ‘witch hunt’ congressional Russia probe  — Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo says he has spent $125,000 on lawyers to comply with the demands of the Senate Intelligence Committee
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Daily Mail:   TRUMP AIDE MICHAEL CAPUTO'S SHOCKING STATEMENT TO THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:   Former Trump campaign aide meets with Mueller's special counsel in Russia probe
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Summer Zervos, Trump Accuser, Subpoenas ‘The Apprentice’ Recordings  —  Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Trump of sexual assault, is seeking records to prove that he defamed her by calling her a liar.  —  A lawyer for Ms. Zervos …
Discussion: CNN, Political Wire, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Redistribution of Sex  —  One lesson to be drawn from recent Western history might be this: Sometimes the extremists and radicals and weirdos see the world more clearly than the respectable and moderate and sane.  All kinds of phenomena, starting as far back as the Iraq War and the crisis …
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Black Gun Owner Will Give Birth in Prison After Trying to Protect 2-Year-Old Daughter from Assailant  —  Siwatu-Salama Ra is a 26-year-old black mother who watched in horror as an angry assailant—a neighbor with whom Ra had a dispute—deliberately crashed her vehicle into Ra's car while Ra's two-year-old daughter was playing inside.
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Louise Moon / South China Morning Post:
Chinese dress at US prom wins support in China after internet backlash  —  After criticism of student Keziah Daum's Twitter post showing her wearing the traditional qipao, Chinese commenters call it cultural appreciation, not appropriation  —  An American teenager has received support …
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
West Virginia Senate candidate distorts reality in campaign ad  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia is running an ad showing his primary opponent shaking hands with Hillary Clinton — something that never happened.  The ad uses a manipulated version …
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House: Democrats Risk Disaster in California's Top Two Primaries  —  Republicans badly need a few lucky breaks to hold their House majority in November.  So far in 2018, it's been the opposite story — from an unfriendly new Pennsylvania map to Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement and bleak special election results.
Washington Post:
America is more diverse than ever — but still segregated  —  The United States is on track to be a majority-minority nation by 2044.  But census data show most of our neighbors are the same race.  —  Black  —  White  —  Hispanic  —  Asian/Pacific Islander  —  Native American Multi-race and other
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Fox News:
Police release body cam footage from Las Vegas Massacre  —  Las Vegas police have finally released partial footage from police body cameras that showed officers nearing the hotel room where gunman Stephen Paddock unleashed a hail of gunfire on concert-goers last October.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Playmate to Politico: How Pamela Anderson Became an International Woman of Mystery  —  The former ‘Baywatch’ star opens up about her relationship with Julian Assange ("We talk about the Bible"), attending Donald Trump's birthday party (for a $500 fee), her activism, ex Kid Rock …
Discussion: Mediaite
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What we didn't know about Trump on Election Day 2016 … It's hard to dispute that voters knew far less about Donald Trump on Election Day 2016 than voters had about any other major-party presidential candidate in modern history.  Some of this was a function of Trump's background.
Bloomberg:
Paul Ryan Warns of Subpoenas, Gridlock With Democratic Majority  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan warned that Democratic gains in November's congressional elections could make it impossible to get anything accomplished and expose President Donald Trump's administration to more aggressive oversight.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Kanye West Is Building Up A Republican Fan Base  —  Most in the GOP still say celebrities shouldn't weigh in on politics, a new poll finds.  —  Kanye West's latest foray into Twitter commentary may have boosted the rapper's standing with the GOP, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll …
Senator Dick Durbin / U.S. Senator Dick Durbin …:
Durbin Raises Questions About Possible Collusion Between U.S. & Texas Attorneys General In Termination Of DACA  —  CHICAGO—U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to provide detailed information about the Trump Administration's possible collusion …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Vanity Fair's Hilariously Bad Account of the ‘Red-Pilling’ of Kanye West  —  Reporting on the Right with no understanding of the Right.  —  I believe it was in 2003 when I coined the term “conservatives in the mist” for a certain style of reporting.  A play on “Gorillas in the Mist,” …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump's fixers revolt  —  Longtime associates whose job was to clean up messes are suddenly in the spotlight making things worse for the president.  —  Looking the part has always mattered to President Donald Trump.  —  The president's preference for people who look like they came from …
Marco Rubio / National Review:
Two Cheers for Corporate Tax Cuts  —  On the whole, the tax cut bill helps workers.  It's just not massive tax cuts to multinational corporations that do it.  —  Overall, the Republican tax-cut bill has been good for Americans.  That is why I voted for it.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Santorum: Obama's lies ‘more important’ than Trump's … Rick Santorum on Wednesday brushed off questions about false and misleading claims by President Trump  —  , arguing that his predecessor, Barack Obama  —  , told more substantial lies.  —  Asked on CNN's “New Day” …
Lauren Yapalater / BuzzFeed:
Help Us Solve This BuzzFeed Office-Wide Debate About What “IMHO” Stands For  —  HELLO there!  Us folks at BuzzFeed are always trying to get to the bottom of serious issues.  Today, whilst discussing things like the current political climate, how we can solve the issues facing health care in America …
Discussion: The Atlantic
 
 
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Joshua Holland / The Nation:
YES, DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING WHITE PEOPLE MORE HATEFUL
Discussion: Althouse
Mario Parker / Bloomberg:
China Seen Jolting Soybean Market by Shunning U.S. Supplies
Discussion: CNBC and Axios
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Trudeau Hilariously Blames U.S. For His Illegal Immigration Problem
Discussion: Daily Wire
U.S. Department of Justice:
United States Returns Thousands of Ancient Artifacts To Iraq
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Greitens lied to state ethics commission, took charity donor list, report says
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White House adviser pitching Trump on a Kanye summit
Discussion: The Root and Mediaite
Tonya Alanez / Sun-Sentinel:
Zachary Cruz, brother of Parkland school shooter, arrested again
Discussion: RedState
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Dan GrazianoESPN / ESPN:
Unsigned safety Eric Reid files collusion grievance against NFL
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Elected on G.O.P. Line, a Democrat Sits Alone
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Budweiser releases new beer based on George Washington's handwritten recipe
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Mike Pence's peculiar sense of morality
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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